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TIL pickles work as a palate cleanser by sweeping fat away from your taste buds allowing you to taste the food like it was your first bite.

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VMjMG TIL in 1937, dancer Patricia Douglas was assaulted at an MGM party. She hired a lawyer and tried to sue, even going to the federal court after the state court dismissed her suit. MGM spread lies about her, claiming she was promiscuous and had a venereal disease, and covered up the crime.
nWE4B TIL on the Soviet supersonic plane Tu-144 it was so noisy people sitting next to each other could only hear each other by yelling. People sitting two seats from each other couldn't hear each other even screaming.
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wLOwW TIL a study shows that smokers have been found to be more successful at quitting smoking when they go "cold turkey" (sudden abstinence), as opposed to gradually cutting back.
5Y1eP TIL the Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu build the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest which is the heaviest building which weighs 4,098,500,000 kg and is also the largest administrative building in the world.